Martin Huba

Martin Huba (born 16 July 1943 in Bratislava) is a Slovak actor and director on stage and in film.

In 1964 he graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU). He joined the Východoslovenské štátne divadlo (Košice State Theater) in Košice. In 1967 he moved to the theater Divadlo na Korze in Bratislava, where he remained till its closure in 1971. Since 1976 he has been a member of the Slovak National Theatre (SND).

Since the 1990s he has been directing theatre - he has directed in the Drama Theatre and Opera of the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava and as part of the Summer Shakespeare Festival in Prague. He won the 2001 DOSKY Theatre Critics' Award for his direction of The Dancing Room.

Selected stage performances - actor 1995: Isidoro in Čertice by Carlo Goldoni 1998: Bruscon in Der Theatermacher by Thomas Bernhard, Divadlo Na Zábradlí in Prague (received Alfréd Radok Award) 2004: Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, SND 2005: Johannes Rosmer in Rosmersholm, Mahenovo divadlo Brno (nominated for Alfréd Radok Award)

Selected stage performances - director 1995: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard; SND 1999: Agatha Christie: Desať malých černoškov alebo ...napokon už nezostal nik; Činohra SND 2001: Tančiareň; SND (received Dosky Award) 2002: William Shakespeare: King Lear; Summer Shakespeare festival at Prague Castle 2002: Ronald Harwood: The Dresser; Divadlo v Dlouhé in Prague 2004: William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet; Summer Shakespeare Festival at Prague Castle 2004: Juraj Beneš: The Players; SND 2006: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; SND